Biography
Avni Arbaş was born in Istanbul in 1919. He completed his secondary education at Galatasaray High School. In 1946, he studied painting at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts, first working for six months in İbrahim Çallı's studio, and then receiving his bachelor's degree from Leopold Levy's studio. In 1946, he went to Paris on a scholarship from the French government and lived there until 1976. In 1982, he worked on printmaking in Süleyman Saim Tekcan's studio in Söğütlüçeşme, and in 1991 at the Çamlıca Art House. From 1976 until his death in 2003, he lived as a freelance artist.
